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Sunday, December 30, 2012

We are so pleased to have Gerry Van Gent join us as our guest designer using the January Kit, "Flights of Fancy". We'd like for you to get to know Gerry and take a look at a couple of amazing layouts she created! We all love her style, and I'm sure you will, too.

My name is Gerry van Gent and I`m a 39 Bulgarian woman living in The Netherlands. I`m a mom of two kids and a wife of a very supportive hubby. I`m lucky to be able to stay at home and have plenty of time to spend with my kids and of course I have plenty of time for my hobbies - scrapbooking and photography.

I got involved into paper crafting when my first child was born and I`m completely hooked. Love creating my own backgrounds, stamping, playing with paint, fussy cutting and hand-stitching on my work.

I currently design for Webster`s Pages, Prima Marketing, Glitz Design and Imaginarium Designs. I`m also contributor for Sizzix Europe.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with your kits and for having me as a guest-designer this month!

A photo of my son having a rest ;-) on a bench in Walt Disney, Paris.
I created here my own frame for the photo. I fussy cut parts of the pattern paper and surrounded the photo. The chipboard clock was cut into two parts.

A Layout created with the gorgeous January 2013 Kit.
I created the texture on the layout by using the Distress Tool from
Ingvild Bolme. The title letters were painted with gesso, acrylic paint
and Glimmer glam. On this layout I used only half of the Scrap FX
chipboard.

Thanks for sharing your lovely style with us Gerry! We will be posting more layouts from Gerry and the rest of our awesome design team over the next couple of weeks.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas! Our design team is busy today uploading their January kit layouts. But here on the blog, we'd like to show you our kit. It features paper from the Mother Nature Collection by Ruby Rock-it. We call this kit "Flights of Fancy". We have a few kits remaining, as well as a couple Add-ons. You can find them HERE in our online store.

Everyone at C'est Magnifique Kits wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 23, 2012

I know you're all so busy getting ready for Santa's arrival, but we hope you'll take a minute to see how our new member of the design team, Brit, used our January Kit. She sure is off to a great start!

A photo taken near the time this couple were married was the inspiration
for this layout. I chose to bring out the golds and pinks of the hair
and skin with the beautiful flowers from Prima and Making Memories.

Friday, December 21, 2012

We hope you're enjoying the sneak peeks we've been giving you this week. We still have a couple more of them to show you, leading up to our Reveal on the 26th. You're sure to love this one by our design team member, Erin

Okay, so I threw a little bit of a "scrappy tantrum" with this one. I
was struggling with what I wanted to accomplish, then I screwed up, and
then I just lost all control, lol! So I just made an angry, careless
mess and after calming down a bit, came back and finished what turned
out to be a feminine, sweet layout backed by a little bit of grunge due
to my tumultuous creative process! In the end, I feel okay...but it was
quite the adventure getting there! Isn't that how it works sometimes?

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Hi everyone! I actually had a little time today to create something. It felt wonderful to take some time for myself during the rush of getting ready for Christmas. Have you been able to slip away for some personal time this week? I sure hope so.

Today it's my turn to share with you a layout that I created using the January Kit.

The shades of blue in this paper are wonderful! Even though there are
birds and butterflies on some sheets of paper, I thought of winter. I
used white mist, gesso, and Snow-Tex to add a frosty look to the layout.
This is my granddaughter Eryn, out for a walk on a winter day, with
our little dog, Kiefer.

Little babies are perfect. Just look at this beauty! My little niece in
the arms of her mother. Even though I have scrapped about a girl, I
chose these soft blue colours together with the lovely pale yellow in
the January kit.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Hi everyone! Just a quick post today to announce the winner of our November Bits & Pieces Giveaway. And the winner is................

Entry #71 belongs to Mama Vi. Congratulations! Please e-mail: Leslie[at]Cestmagnifiquekits.com and give her your mailing address, so she can get your package in the mail to you! Your prize must be claimed within 7 days of this post.

Thanks so much to all of you who participated this month and shared our giveaway on your blogs.

Be sure to check back tomorrow when we will show you the paper that will be in our January kit!

Once Upon A Sketch offers a beautiful sketch each month. This layout was created using the November Sketch. You could choose whatever theme you want - I made one about what Christmas means to me. "Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas" - Calvin Coolidge.

December Kit Items Used and Available in our Store

Friday, December 7, 2012

It's cold and rainy where I am and it's supposed to be that way for the next four days. I have decided to hibernate all weekend! Of course I'm planning to do some scrapbooking while I am hibernating. Just in case you'll find some time to scrap this weekend, we thought we would share some inspiration from a couple of our Design Team members using our December Kit "Silent Night".

These kids are so cute and their Mom has taken some great photos of
them! This was taken under the Christmas tree last year and it looks as
though they are being on their best behavior for Santa! I used a
snowflake stencil with Martha Stewart's sparkling texture paste for the
background. This layout is based on the November sketch at Once Upon a Sketch.

My sister's daughter, Lilah, is one of my most favorite people.
Probably because she reminds me a lot of myself- a fiery, temperamental
redhead who is also sweet and fun, full of sarcasm and loves to be the
center of attention! My sister actually captured this amazing photo of
her and I knew instantly I wanted to scrap it! The pretty pinks in this
kit, as well as the angel elements all just came together in this very
fitting layout.

When I saw this adorable little deer hat, I just knew I had to get it for my own little "deer", Gunner .
I wanted to keep this page fairly simple in design to help keep the
focus on this "typical" photo of my middle child. I also wanted to draw
on the more "masculine" shades in this kit to give my layout a
naturalistic feel to compliment my little outdoorsy boy. This layout is based on the November Sketch from Once Upon a Sketch.